Prerequisites: Your dog should know sit, down, stay, come and loose leash walking to sign up for this class. Your dog should be able to work around other dogs. Graduation from Focus Foundation or another good obedience class is required (or instructor permission).

You’ve discovered how much fun it is to train and work with your dog, and you want to keep going. Whether you want to strengthen
what you’ve learned, or maybe you just enjoy the interaction
with your dog, taking the next level class is a great idea!

Obedience
is the key to unlocking your dog’s potential by establishing
a line of communication between you and your pet. As that line
of communication grows, you will develop a better understanding
of your dog, as he will you. Obedience also gives your dog more
confidence and allows him to learn faster.

It's
important to keep training your dog. If you don't continue training,
more than likely your dog will regress and you might be back
to square one

This
class is recommended for graduates of Focus Foundation. We will
advance your dog’s level of training by strengthening what your
dog learned at the basic level and adding new exercises. We
will also cover many of the exercises to pass the Canine Good
Citizen test. We will teach new skills such as heel, front,
and go to mat. We will teach wait politely at the door before
exiting. The recall from a stay will be practiced. Major distractions
will be added as each dog demonstrates readiness. This class
is for dogs that get along well with other dogs and people as
we will be doing more off-leash work in this class. The goal
of the obedience program is for the handler to have control
of his or her dog whether on or off leash.